HAMSTRING INJURY

Kolkata: New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum will be unavailable for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League opener against Delhi Daredevils here Monday.
The dashing wicketkeeperbatsman is nursing a hamstring injury. He is yet to join the squad, said a KKR source.
McCullum, who holds the record for the highest...

London: West Ham's onloan striker Andy Carroll has been ruled out for up to six weeks with a hamstring injury, delivering a setback to the Premier League new boys as well as the England team.
Carroll, who cost Liverpool a clubrecord 35 million pounds last year but was frozen by new...

London: Organisers may think the most closelyguarded secret of the 2012 Games is the one who will light the Olympic flame, but of far greater interest to the wider sporting public is the condition of Usain Bolt's right hamstring.
The Jamaican triple gold medallist from Beijing is the number one attraction...

London: Graham Onions's chances of playing in the first Test against South Africa receded further on Wednesday when he was unable to train on the eve of the match at the Oval because of a hamstring strain.
The Durham seamer, included in England's 13man squad as an extra pace bowler, was...

Adelaide: A hamstring injury is hampering Australian captain Michael Clarke's prospects of being fit for this month's tour of the West Indies.
Clarke will have scans on his left hamstring, which was strained while making 117 in Australia's loss in the second triseries final against Sri Lanka in Adelaide on Tuesday.
He...

Sydney: Australia skipper Michael Clarke has been ruled out of his side's oneday match against Sri Lanka in Sydney on Friday due a hamstring injury, which he suffered against India in Adelaide on Sunday in the fourth match of the ongoing triseries.
"I have a grade one hamstring strain so...

Sydney: West Indies allrounder Kieron Pollard has been ruled out of the Big Bash League Twenty20 cricket tournament with a tear in his right hamstring.
It was a major blow for the muchhyped Twenty20 domestic tournament as it has lost a big draw card. Scans revealed that the Adelaide Strikers star...

Melbourne: Racing against time to be fit for the Test series against India, Australian opener Shaun Marsh says he might have to undergo surgery on his troublesome back to prevent his career from ending prematurely.
Marsh is in doubt for the opening Test starting December 26 due to the back problem...